Bert De Smedt

10.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
198 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Bert De Smedt is a scholar working on Statistics and Probability, Education and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bert De Smedt has authored 198 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 156 papers in Statistics and Probability, 106 papers in Education and 100 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Bert De Smedt's work include Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (156 papers), Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (92 papers) and Reading and Literacy Development (83 papers). Bert De Smedt is often cited by papers focused on Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (156 papers), Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (92 papers) and Reading and Literacy Development (83 papers). Bert De Smedt collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and Canada. Bert De Smedt's co-authors include Pol Ghesquière, Lieven Verschaffel, Daniel Ansari, Camilla Gilmore, Joke Torbeyns, Bart Boets, Bert Reynvoet, Roland H. Grabner, Delphine Sasanguie and L. Peters and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Bert De Smedt

194 papers receiving 7.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Associations of non‐symbolic and symbolic numerical magnitude processing with mathematical competence: a meta‐analysis

2016 490 citations Bert De Smedt et al. profile →
How do symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitude processing skills relate to individual differences in children's mathematical skills? A review of evidence from brain and behavior

2013 467 citations Bert De Smedt, Daniel Ansari et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bert De Smedt Belgium	43	5.4k	4.0k	3.6k	2.0k	604	198	7.2k
Paul T. Cirino United States	45	2.3k 0.4×	2.0k 0.5×	3.5k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	381 0.6×	131	6.2k
Liane Kaufmann Austria	32	2.3k 0.4×	1.5k 0.4×	1.6k 0.4×	916 0.5×	397 0.7×	88	3.1k
Laurie E. Cutting United States	44	1.1k 0.2×	960 0.2×	3.3k 0.9×	2.9k 1.5×	462 0.8×	136	6.2k
Tracy Adams United Kingdom	18	629 0.1×	562 0.1×	2.2k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	560 0.9×	54	3.0k
Gernot Reishofer Austria	25	694 0.1×	244 0.1×	553 0.2×	1.8k 0.9×	1.1k 1.8×	76	3.4k
Anne Castles Australia	41	1.9k 0.4×	2.2k 0.5×	5.6k 1.6×	2.6k 1.3×	451 0.7×	137	6.3k
James A. Dixon United States	30	268 0.0×	252 0.1×	969 0.3×	1.2k 0.6×	643 1.1×	91	2.9k
Richard Boada United States	26	653 0.1×	446 0.1×	1.9k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	331 0.5×	48	3.1k
Douglas Frye United States	28	765 0.1×	1.6k 0.4×	3.3k 0.9×	1.9k 1.0×	953 1.6×	74	5.2k
Stefan Samuelsson Sweden	31	672 0.1×	1.2k 0.3×	2.1k 0.6×	661 0.3×	410 0.7×	99	2.9k

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Smedt, Bert De, et al.. (2025). From language to mathematics and vice versa?: A longitudinal study on the associations between preschoolers' mathematical language and mathematical abilities. Learning and Individual Differences. 121. 102702–102702.

Smedt, Bert De, et al.. (2024). Components of Mathematical Language and Mathematical Ability in 5-Year-Old Dual Language Learners. Journal of Cognition and Development. 25(5). 711–731. 2 indexed citations

Cipora, Krzysztof, Christina Artemenko, Mojtaba Soltanlou, et al.. (2024). Math4Speed: A freely available measure of arithmetic fluency.. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale. 79(2). 212–220. 2 indexed citations

Smedt, Bert De, et al.. (2023). Understanding mathematical development in preschool children: The association between mathematical language and mathematical abilities. Cognitive Development. 66. 101318–101318. 8 indexed citations

Smedt, Bert De, et al.. (2023). A dashboard for the evaluation of the effect of school closures on wellbeing of children and parents. Archives of Public Health. 81(1). 178–178. 1 indexed citations

Smedt, Bert De, et al.. (2023). Grade one single-digit addition strategies as predictors of grade four achievement in mathematics. European Journal of Psychology of Education. 39(3). 2083–2103. 5 indexed citations

Bellon, Elien, et al.. (2022). Arithmetic learning in children: An fMRI training study. Neuropsychologia. 169. 108183–108183. 10 indexed citations

Bellon, Elien, Wim Fias, Daniel Ansari, & Bert De Smedt. (2020). The neural basis of metacognitive monitoring during arithmetic in the developing brain. Human Brain Mapping. 41(16). 4562–4573. 15 indexed citations

Bakker, Merel, et al.. (2020). No Association Between the Home Math Environment and Numerical and Patterning Skills in a Large and Diverse Sample of 5- to 6-year-olds. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 547626–547626. 29 indexed citations

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Verschaffel, Lieven, et al.. (2019). De efficiëntie van indirect optellen bij aftrekkingen tot 1000: ook bij opaven zonder overbrugging?. Pedagogische Studiën. 96(4). 244–260. 1 indexed citations

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Vandermosten, Maaike, et al.. (2019). The association of grey matter volume and cortical complexity with individual differences in children's arithmetic fluency. Neuropsychologia. 137. 107293–107293. 9 indexed citations

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Peters, L., Jessica Bulthé, Nicky Daniëls, Hans Op de Beeck, & Bert De Smedt. (2018). Dyscalculia and dyslexia: Different behavioral, yet similar brain activity profiles during arithmetic. NeuroImage Clinical. 18. 663–674. 54 indexed citations

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Sasanguie, Delphine, et al.. (2018). Frequency of Home Numeracy Activities Is Differentially Related to Basic Number Processing and Calculation Skills in Kindergartners. Frontiers in Psychology. 9. 340–340. 67 indexed citations

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Sasanguie, Delphine, et al.. (2016). The association between home numeracy and children’s calculation skills is mediated by basic number processing. Lirias (KU Leuven). 1 indexed citations

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Ghesquière, Pol, et al.. (2015). Mathematical Difficulties and White Matter Abnormalities in Subacute Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Neurotrauma. 32(20). 1567–1578. 21 indexed citations

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Vanderauwera, Jolijn, et al.. (2015). Longitudinal changes in mathematical abilities and white matter following paediatric mild traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury. 29(13-14). 1701–1710. 22 indexed citations

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Smedt, Bert De, et al.. (2014). The arithmetic problem size effect in children: an event-related potential study. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 8. 756–756. 16 indexed citations

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Grabner, Roland H. & Bert De Smedt. (2011). Neurophysiological evidence for the validity of verbal strategy reports in mental arithmetic. Biological Psychology. 87(1). 128–136. 68 indexed citations

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Smedt, Bert De, Ian D. Holloway, & Daniel Ansari. (2010). Effects of problem size and arithmetic operation on brain activation during calculation in children with varying levels of arithmetical fluency. NeuroImage. 57(3). 771–781. 159 indexed citations

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Smedt, Bert De, Koenraad Devriendt, J. P. Fryns, et al.. (2007). Intellectual abilities in a large sample of children with Velo–Cardio–Facial Syndrome: an update. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. 51(9). 666–670. 131 indexed citations

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